Complete your Week 6 required discussion prompt. The media portray many images

Complete your Week 6 required discussion prompt.
The media portray many images of nursing, some favorable and some unfavorable.
Does media portrayal of nursing affect how patients perceive nurses as authority figures? Why or why not? Think about nursing stereotypes and discuss the ways you can influence the public image of nursing.
Discuss the various roles nurses can play that support the real image of nursing. Think about community health care and preventive services for all, but especially the underserved.